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Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.

While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.

I'm done with Everest. I did it three times, and I need to be good at that and be happy with it and focus on other climbs.

I climb mountains.

I climbed nine mountains because I love adventure, and I got addicted to that feeling and I never wanted to stop. I wanted to see what I could accomplish. I finally can say that I stood on top of the world.

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.

I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest.

I'm one of those people who always needs a mountain to climb. When I get up a mountain as far as I think I'm going to get, I try to find another mountain.